December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Surveillance
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court spoke yesterday at the ABA's National Security Law gathering. (On C-SPAN). Points of interest: Why the court is not involved in domestic surveillance with the rise of terrorism and militancy in the US: It was considered during the implementation of the recent Anti-Terrorism Act but a decision was made to leave that task to District Courts. Why the court has denied only a dozen out of 8,000 requests for surveillance: All are excellently prepared and the judges advise on the few applications that are not to make them approvable. He went on to say that numbers do not tell the real story, that there are a variety of ways orders are issued and continued to keep an investigation viable and as it evolves. He cited the differences in renewals between orders covering individuals and those covering organizations: the first must be renewed every 90 days, the latter every year. Moreover, there may be changes during an investigation, say, by targeting an individual within an org, with difference regs, or combining individuals into a group, with also different regs. So the numbers of orders do not actually reflect how things work. However, the Court makes and annual report to Congress. Judge Lamberth joked that he hoped the Court's decisions were "constitutional," and after the laughter, apologized and said he should not have said that. He said that positions on the court are avidly sought, that the work was the most "fun" he had ever had, that it was very exciting to be part of the select group that deals with the highest secrets of the land. He commented on how "Article 3" provisions to protect national security and related secrets conflict with the FOIA, by saying first things first. ----- A related note on Greg's fruitless FOIA requests to various agencies about cpunks: active investigations are protected from FOIA requests, indeed, it is not uncommon to keep an investigation "active" to keep the secrets, to redefine the targets, to redefine as the Courts helpfully advise. Be sure to laugh at the constitutional joke, it's fun to be an insider playing with vital national life and death decisions and amusing the audience on TV.

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WebWorld 26-27
by Bubba Rom Dos 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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GC: Alert addition to da home page.
by Daniel Miskell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Greets, everyone! To keep this message short, I'm just going to beg and plead you all to go surf my page. More specifically, I'm begging you to surf the alert section of my page, I just put it up today, and I think that it's something everyone needs to see. My page is at: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/4795 Wether or not you like me, or even know me, I think you ALL should read this, and pass it on to your friends. --- Daniel. --- The following signature attachment has been reviewed and edited by the United States Government, as per the standards set forth by the Telecommunications Decency Act of 1996. The following text is the remaining signature, deemed holesome and acceptable for consumption by the general public:

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Truth Monger
by winsock＠rigel.cyberpass.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I am not a ''multi-user Net persona''! I am Cypherpunks incarnate! I am Bright! I am Beautiful! Listen to me! I am the Truth! I Monger! Truth Monger

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Ruritania Discovers Motor Transport
by Antonomasia 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Ruritania Discovers Motor Transport ----------------------------------- Once upon a time in the land of Ruritania (known for its transparent trees, but that's not today's story) the population were discovering motor transport. All kinds of good things became possible then, including faster and safer deliveries, new kinds of business carried out over distances (and with that opportunies for foreign trade) there was a lot of interest in the subject from far-sighted people. But the government of Ruritania concentrated on the problems they imagined plaguing the acceptance of this technology. (The government was a democratic one, that is to say a loosely-related band of popularity-seekers.) There were cries of how the added speed and load capacity of these newfangled cars would assist crime. A few wise men pointed out that though cars probably would be used in some crimes, the advantages were still clear. For one thing criminals might still be in the minority, while the people standing to gain would be practically everybody. Also the cars would prevent much crime. For example, people would be harder to attack than when walking home from the the supermarket carrying 6 heavy bags of food. They'd load up with other people nearby and be home sooner and more safely. The government agreed there were advantages, and certainly didn't wish to appear backward or oppressive, by prohibiting mere members of the public from driving. So a plan was made to permit driving, but with restrictions to suit the government's wishes. There was to be a police officer in every petrol station to record who went where, when and what they were doing. Only that didn't suit the public spending figures (nor probably the chief constables) so instead distribution of petrol was banned. Except, of course, for the petrol vendors who enrolled in the new branch of the Police force - the Traffic Tracking Police (or TTP). Members of this force had a bunch of qualifications; mainly to do with ensuring that they could be counted on to report on any traffic they'd observed - within an hour - to the great guardians of the common good. Surely nobody could fail to trust the government or any related body ? Weren't these the very people who had defended our health at the risk of their own reputations by stating that beef was certainly safe before any of the research was in ? [1] Or guided us to a right decision in a promised referendum (on our association with nearby countries) by not holding it. This petrol distribution network announced by the government (though not strictly a government body) was trumpeted as progress and encouragement, bringing the benefits of the technology to the public, business, and anywhere else benefits belong in a democracy. Sceptics viewed it as a costly restriction. People disinclined to join the TTP, or indeed who failed the in the recruitment process, were prohibited from supplying petrol (even free of charge). Criminals, so it was said, would be tracked as they bought petrol because they would not be able to run a black market in the petrol they needed for their crimes. This looked decidedly doubtful. The use of the petrol was also ignored - fixed security lighting by petrol lamps (hiding nothing, but rather the opposite) was also restricted by the new progressive legislation. Nor was that all. Not content with banning the provision of petrol, the ban also covered offering it. The wording of the act was so vague, causing concerned citizens to wonder whether answering the telephone would be viewed as supplying petrol (after all, it could save somebody a journey). And what about the scope for crime by people with access (legitimate or not) to the records of the TTP ? The legislation had a few things to say about that, but wouldn't it be safer not to have the records ? (Like the Ruritanian government had done with records of polluted sites - look no pollution!) So it was that Ruritania remained in the 1940's well into the 21st century. [1] See 'Health & Safety at Work' April 1997 for a grim view of this. ISSN: 0141 8246 HSW(a)tolley.co.uk -- ########################################################## # Antonomasia # # ant(a)notatla.demon.co.uk # ##########################################################

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New Mailing List Archive
by Alec 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Resent-Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 16:52:19 -0500 >Resent-From: pgp-users-request(a)rivertown.net >Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 16:52:54 -0500 (EST) >From: "Fred B. Ringel" <fredr(a)joshua.rivertown.net> >Reply-To: fredr(a)joshua.rivertown.net >To: pgp-users list <pgp-users(a)rivertown.net> >Resent-Message-ID: <"eNeAUC.A.DkG.SmsRz"@rivertown> >X-Mailing-List: <pgp-users(a)rivertown.net> archive/latest/2270 >X-Loop: pgp-users(a)rivertown.net >Resent-Sender: pgp-users-request(a)rivertown.net >Subject: [PGP-USERS] New Mailing List Archive > >Hi all- > > Just wanted you all to know that, with the co-operation of Barry >Cox, I will be keeping an archive of the new Privacy Shell Mailing List in >conjunction with the PGP-Users Web site. It will be updated on a weekly >basis. > > The URL is http://pgp.rivertown.net/PI-List/ > > I hope this will be a good source of info for those with Private >Idaho related question/problems. > > Fred >/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ >Fred B. Ringel -- Rivertown.Net Internet Access >Systems Administrator -- http://www.rivertown.net >and General Fixer Upper -- Voice/Fax/Support: +1.914.478.2885 > Although in theory, there's no difference between > theory and practice, in practice, there is. >

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by Resources International, Inc. 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Wassenaar
by Greg Broiles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Arrgh. Have been comparing what I received via my FOIA request with what other people have extracted and it looks like ACDA's response was incomplete. (In particular, it appears from <http://www.barrier-free.co.jp/a2z/c/CRYPTON/box1997/19970310-1-wassenaar-cat .2.html>, also at <http://www.jya.com/wassnr52.htm> that Appendix 5 is *not* empty.) So it's back to the FOIA salt mines for me. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 4.5 iQEVAgUBM0dem/37pMWUJFlhAQEziAf/Ucj4as/l1wtemzNATKBpEn1x7llAtv/k xsDdDoHYJh0iMevtonKSsEolBK7IGFTNpNQjpBwsy9SFXCumOxeoR/P8qUMrrB5e Wsit3OirO9yJszHrFCR6xVAU7sBOSkuT+iQpmw0/KlvlyVu3xtMaev8uBF96bFxu rM/CK/+tZDU0fmRyUNVtlF9UhqWhQajDumbbvC0qG67ZS5028GtvqfJkC8J1r2J/ +1Dv2DZYTJl9eC44wQV2+cL/j7+NhtnTdf504s7tc1wQqO8mMqE5ndE0SWCXh/Q9 LAqDaxzf5uwkHPPdKswLZiWXjQozZD6EOAIagFWsmMr9YBXj9fWLHA== =FBvA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles(a)netbox.com | http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | Export jobs, not crypto. |

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Privacy-Shell Archive at Rivertown
by Alec 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>X-Sender: supportptech(a)mail.ptech.simplenet.com >Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 00:15:07 -0500 >To: privacy-shell(a)s1.net >From: PI Tech Support <support(a)ptech.simplenet.com> >Subject: Privacy-Shell Archive at Rivertown >Sender: owner-privacy-shell(a)s1.net >Reply-To: privacy-shell(a)s1.net > >Hello Everyone: > > Thanks to the efforts of Fred Ringel, the Privacy-Shell >Mailing List will be archived on a weekly basis at the following URL: > > http://pgp.rivertown.net/PI-List/ > > Hopefully, the archive can provide PI users with an >additional source of help for PI-related questions/problems. > > Additionally, some subscribers to Privacy-Shell may not know >about the wealth of PGP-related resources available at Fred's PGP-Users >Web site. If you have not visited there, please visit the following URL: > > http://pgp.rivertown.net/ > >Best Wishes, > >Barry Cox >To remove yourself from this mailing list, send a message to >privacy-shell-request(a)s1.net. In the body of the message put the >word unsubscribe. To view the list archive, point your web browser to >http://pgp.rivertown.net/PI-List/ >

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Re: [PGP-USERS] New International Version
by Alec 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Resent-Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 21:19:13 -0500 >Resent-From: pgp-users-request(a)rivertown.net >From: patm(a)connix.com (Pat McCotter) >To: pgp-users(a)rivertown.net >Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 21:19:03 -0500 >Reply-To: patm(a)connix.com (Pat McCotter) >Resent-Message-ID: <"1mPwfB.A.BzH.ggwRz"@rivertown> >X-Mailing-List: <pgp-users(a)rivertown.net> archive/latest/2272 >X-Loop: pgp-users(a)rivertown.net >Resent-Sender: pgp-users-request(a)rivertown.net >Subject: Re: [PGP-USERS] New International Version > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >On Sat, 5 Apr 1997 18:38:08 -0500 (EST), GWNapier(a)aol.com wrote: > >:I have heard that there is new international verison of PGP out. Anyone know >:about it? > >PGP 2.6.3in >If you can read German, it's here: > http://www.in-ca.individual.net/ > ftp://ftp.iks-jena.de/pub/mitarb/lutz/crypt/software/pgp/ > >Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz(a)iks-jena.de> has said if I know a good >English/German speaking person, he will send them the web texts for >translation and then post them. I don't. Does anybody here? > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: 2.6.3a >Charset: cp850 > >iQEVAwUBM0cHmAhAaMnUN7LZAQHJnAf+N4NlzCEVd5A1/TUhwUGNJEbNdqEI7mXG >OHAX5H22iwjkVKMMx0uPTQ+VTmdiODW1DtDy3EgWUjzcxTX0xFOuEy3v948JG3qe >pHC00EVpHzUZOzgbFc0B1ejePhhxhAAVprRCXeZT2G6b2u9bS34SH1kTy8+QCgxe >crfh2z51eKKTH9ghAX3MvKqRP1S12i5jdMMcPsPhtPw/fEQH25+f64mJ6GxXWK9X >R2FYwoNfXgA/pYnIj0z00PairsL5DGgkw4N/12yF0Kh7mnVw3+KO8cCe6+BWb0FL >UPZ4akdw1v7vrIQC92GPADtUUW68hgpj3WW9p+bhLFHqpZKC2TnURQ== >=AlTX >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >-- >Pat McCotter >Finger for public key patm(a)connix.com or get it from the servers >Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID >pub 2047/D437B2D9 1996/05/10 Pat McCotter <patm(a)connix.com> >Key fingerprint = D0 E7 C6 5A 9E EF 0D CF C7 10 88 2A 73 41 11 24

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